Curriculum Overview

History - Ancient Greeks

 

Today we have been learning about democracy in Athens. The word democracy comes from the Greek words demos meaning people and krotos meaning power. From 510BCE, the citizens of Athens could vote and decide on the laws or their next leader. Eligible citizens met on a hill called the Pnyx and they would vote using pebbles putting them in urns.

Only male citizens of Athens who had completed their military training were eligible to vote.

The UK democracy has its roots in Ancient Greece and it has evolved over time.

We voted on several issues using pebbles in urns to record the vote.

The Giant's Necklace.

During Autumn 1, class 3 studied the Giant's Necklace by Michael Morpurgo.

We loved the book, and we spent time writing different genres: a diary, a newspaper report, a description of the rough sea and writing from the perspective of the sea.

The children then invited their carers into the class to share their published pieces of writing. The children were really proud of their work and the parents' thought they had worked really hard.

P.E. Fencing

rance Day

Fun with the leaves

Design and Technology Smorgasbord

Design and Technology: garlic flat bread

Design and Technology. Food and Nutrition. Mezze Bowls.

We are exploring the food of different cultures to help develop healthier eating habits. Today we took inspiration from the Middle Eastern and Mediterranean diet to create our Mezze bowls. We thought about the visual appeal of the food as well as its nutritional value. See what you think of our Mezze bowls.

Fencing P.E.

Art work using watercolours

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African drumming -call and response.

In this block, pupils looked to different countries to see what can be learnt from different cultures. The recipes chosen showcase how certain foods can contribute to good health and wellbeing. We made Summer rolls, stir-fry and Bombay potatoes.

During the past 50 years, the British diet has not changed a great deal, but our society has. People’s lives – particularly in relation to their work – are much more sedentary than before and so the British diet, which is traditionally high in carbohydrates and animal fats, is no longer as suitable as it once was. Currently, most wealthy countries around the world are suffering from an obesity crisis. This is not the case in West African and some Asian countries. This block looks to different countries for ideas on how we might adapt our diets and how we can use food as a medicine, not just fuel. Ingredients like turmeric, ginger, spices and fresh herbs have been used for their medicinal purposes for centuries.

What can you learn from different cultures?

Dale Chihuly is an American glass sculpture. The children have created 3d pieces of art inspired by Dale Chihuly’s glass work. They used papier-mâché with tissue paper and pva glue. A selection of bowls were used for armatures. They used coffee filters and water based markers and acetate sheets moulded using a hot air gun. The results were fabulous.

Haiku a Japanese poetry form which consists of 3 lines, with five syllables in the first line, seven in the second and five in the third.

Electricity

In design and Technology we have been investigating gears. 
We learnt about driven gears which is a gear wheel that causes other gears in a gear train to rotate.

We discovered that if we turn a gear clockwise the adjacent gear will move in the opposite direction.

We used our knowledge of gears to design a windmill powered by gears.

 

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Golf

In design and technology, we are studying street foods from different cultures. We are using this knowledge to consider our own diet and snacks. We are thinking about how these may be improved. We are learning skills such as finely dicing vegetables using a claw grip, folding and shaping a tortilla, grating and ribboning. Today, we made burritos. When we evaluated them most of the class enjoyed them, but there were things we would do differently like using less

Nutrition and Food